If you were wondering where several imported horses ended up..... including 2 yr old sales purchases...

Among his Ocala class, now four years old, Ace King wasn’t alone. Of the 50 bought at that auction that were sent to Korea—one stayed in the States to race—14 are already dead. At least seven were killed at the same slaughterhouse in Jeju. (Ocala didn’t return several messages asking for comment.)

These seven all had desirable pedigrees and sold for a combined $475,000. There were two sons of the preeminent stallion Candy Ride, a sire of six champions. Honor Step sold for $110,000 but never even got to the races; he was slaughtered in April 2018. One In A Billion changed hands for $220,000 as a yearling but in Ocala sold for a quarter of that to Korea Bloodstock; after one win in six starts, he was retired in February and sent to slaughter in March.

If you were wondering where several imported horses ended up..... including 2 yr old sales purchases...

Among his Ocala class, now four years old, Ace King wasn’t alone. Of the 50 bought at that auction that were sent to Korea—one stayed in the States to race—14 are already dead. At least seven were killed at the same slaughterhouse in Jeju. (Ocala didn’t return several messages asking for comment.)

These seven all had desirable pedigrees and sold for a combined $475,000. There were two sons of the preeminent stallion Candy Ride, a sire of six champions. Honor Step sold for $110,000 but never even got to the races; he was slaughtered in April 2018. One In A Billion changed hands for $220,000 as a yearling but in Ocala sold for a quarter of that to Korea Bloodstock; after one win in six starts, he was retired in February and sent to slaughter in March.

There is a picture of Take Charge Indy with a Large bandage on his left hind and they have continued to breed him many times a day limping. There are a number of horses with pictures at the slaughter house. To read how US people in the industry are pretending they don’t know and blow it off is appalling.

So Maximum Security’s mother and full sister are in Korea? What a shame.

What I find a bit disturbing is the nonchalant attitude towards the situation by those folks who have enabled the Koreans to make their purchases.

Lots of blame all around, but then the same crap goes on in Japan and here in the States. Maybe they shouldn’t breed so many to begin with. And I really hope Strike the Gold did not meet that type of end.

So Maximum Security’s mother and full sister are in Korea? What a shame.

What I find a bit disturbing is the nonchalant attitude towards the situation by those folks who have enabled the Koreans to make their purchases.

Lots of blame all around, but then the same crap goes on in Japan and here in the States. Maybe they shouldn’t breed so many to begin with. And I really hope Strike the Gold did not meet that type of end.

No racing jurisdiction is above being scrutinized for not having adequate aftercare for their retired racehorses. But that Korean story is really disturbing. The fact that they're promoting the boom of horse racing almost hand in hand with the increasing popularity of consumer-grade horse meat is... gross.

At least we can say if there are old warriors who earn 500k+ for their owners, someone, owner/aftercare organization/samaritan/otherwise, keeps track of them.

It's one thing that too many horses are being bred year after year, especially in North America and England, but to have such a large chunk of your racing stock be imported - as in, you're paying 10k+ one way to get them a plane ticket alone... then unloading them without second thought when they aren't Secretariat... hell, when they aren't even twice as much as their upkeep is. Gross.

So Maximum Security’s mother and full sister are in Korea? What a shame.

They are back in the US (well, the mare is back and the foal is here for the first time). Tom Ryan tweeted photos of them and said they arrived at Hartwell Farm just in time for the Derby. So, looks like SF Bloodstock bought them, probably after the Florida Derby.